Electric-cord support



June 12, 1928. 1,673,704

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ATTORNEY.

Patented June 12, 1928.

UNITED STATES 1,673,704 PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN A. PALMER AND JACOB J. WINTERS, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

ELECTRIC-CORD SUPPORT.

Application filed March 3, 1927. Serial No. 172,381.

Our invention relates to an electric-cord hanging device particularly adaptable for use on ironing boards on which an electric flat-iron is used. The main object is to provide a simple, eflicient and inexpensive device for slidably holding the cord of an electric fiat-iron in such position that the cord itself is held in an unobstructive position as the iron is being used on the board.

In the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an ironing board, our improved device aflixed thereto in operative position supporting an electric cord for a flat iron.

Fig. 52 is a perspective view of the guide rod bracket for our device.

Fig. 3 is a face view and Fig. 4 an edge view of the bracket plug of our device which engages in the bracket shown in Fig. 2 and supports the guide rod of our device.

Referring to the drawing by reference numerals, 5 in Fig. 1, designates a portion of a wall in which is secured an electric switch plate 6 having a socket for the plug 7 of an electric cord 8 extended to and suitably connected with an electric flat-iron 9 which may be used on any flat element such as the ironing board 10 supported when in use, in elevated parallel position to the rear edge of the board 10, by an arm 12 extending downwardly from one end and the lower end of the latter suitably fixed as at 13 in a bracket plug 13. Said plug comprises a flat, approximately quadrangular body of suitable material from the opposite edges of which project two upper, vertiailly disposed, integral tongues 123 and in spaced relation below each said tongue a similarly projecting round pin 13 The bracket illustrated most clearly in Fig. comprises two horizontally spaced pockets 14? open toward each other and said pockets cast or formed as integral parts of an elonated angle iron comprising a horizontal Ilange 14: with an aperture 15 for a screw 16 to secure said flange to the surface of the ironing board and the vertically depending flange 4 being extended both ways beyond the pockets '14 and having apertures 16 for driving screws into the edge of the ironing board. In the center part of each of the outer walls of the pockets 1st is a notch 14 opening atthe free edge of said pocket and M are like but smaller notches in the top parts of said pockets. The pocket members are spaced apart slightly more than the width of the plug body 13. It will now be readily understood that the plug 13 can be inserted in the fixed bracket by holding said plug in a horizontal plane and inserting the pins 13 in the notches M then raising the plug to vertical position so that the tongues 13 may be slid downwardly into engaging position in the notches 1 1 as the pins 13 sin'iultaneously engage and rest in the bottoms of the pockets 1 1 In this manner the plug 13 is securely but removably fixed in the bracket and the rod 12 is held in elevated, horizontal position above the'board 10, as shown clearly in Fig. 1. 17 is an upwardly opening hook member of suitable material, preferably heavy iron wire, and suspended by an integral loop or eye 17 E adapted to engage and be slidable on bar 12-, its sliding movement being limited only by an end collar 18 lixed on the bar and an inner like collar 19 suitably fixed on the bar near the arm 12 in the use of our device any part of the cord 8 is engaged in the hook 17 and that part of the cord between said hook and the plug 7 is suspended in such position outwardly of the board 10 so that it cannot be in obstructive position to contact with the garment being ironed 011 the board, it being understood that that part of cord 8 between the hook 17 and the fiat iron is short enough to prevent it from also contacting with such garments. It is obvious that the flat iron can be moved back and forth freely on the board as from full line to the dotted line positions in Fig. 1 and the hook in Fig. 1 and the hook 17 will glide freely along the rod 12 holding the cord in spaced relation to the board at all times. lVhen ironing is completed the bar 12 may be laid flat upon the board by simply raising the plug 13 so that the pins 13 occupy positions in the upper parts of the opposite bracket pockets 14;" and the tongues 13' are free of the notches M when the plug 13 and bar 12 may be swung down to a horizoi'ital plane and rest on top of the board.

\Ve claim:

1. In a cord supporting device, a bracket holding member adapted to be fixed on a horizontal flat element, a. bracket comprising an L-shaped bar with its long arm normally in spaced parallel relation to and above said fiat element and its short arm extending downwardly toward said holding member and a plug fixed to the lower part of said latter arm and adapted to be removably re: tained in said holding member, said bracket slidably carrying an open hook member on its horizontal arm, said bracket holding member comprising two horizontally spaced vertically disposed pockets provided with registeringouter notches and like upper notches, said bracket plug comprising a quadrangular flat body with opposite lower and integral pins and above each said pin a tongue extension, said pins adapted to be inserted sinmltaneously into said outer notches and the upper part of the plug adapted to he slipped downwardly toward the bottom .of theplug and the said tongues simultaneously to engage in said upper notches of the holding member with the main body of said plug in a vertical plane.

The structure specified in claim 1 in which said bracket arm is fixed in the plug to project vertically from the plu r when the latter is in said lixed position in t 1e holding member.

In testimony whereof we alfix our signatures.

JOHN A. PALMER. JACOB J. WINTERS, 

